As he stared into her eyes, he realized just how beautiful she was, and kicked himself for not seeing it before. There, in her eyes was a twinkle. But not just any twinkle, no, this was the twinkle he saw when his mom looked at Paul. This was the twinkle he saw when Piper looked at Jason, or when Hazel looked at Frank, even when Annabeth looked at Luke. This twinkle only occurred when you looked at someone you truly loved. True love. He thought he would die before he found it. Yet here it was, and in the eyes of who else but Thalia Grace, daughter of Zeus, princess of the sky, and his crush. "Percy..." she barely whispered. "Thalia..." he responded at the same volume, neither of them noticing the slow, forward movement of their heads. Their eyes slowly closed, as did the distance between them. When their lips finally met, both could tell that for once, the Fates were on their side. Neither of them would ever be lonely again.
THE END